Boot-jack



(No Model.)

T. M. CARPENTER.

BOOT JACK.

.nted Oct. 21

UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

BOOT- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed April 12, 1884.

JACK.

Patent No. 307,014, dated October 21,1884.

(No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, T. M. CARPENTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockton, in the county of finnebago and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boot-Jacks; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and 'exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to that class of bootjacks the heel-clamp of which consists of a pair of levers, and which are provided with a lpedal for closing said clainp on the heel.

My improvement consists in hinging the pedal at its front end and near the jaws of the heetcla-mp, so that a person using the boot jack may more conveniently and also more Veffectively apply his weight to the pedal for closing the heel-clamp than can be done in the use ot' the above-described previouslyknown boot-jacks in which the pedal is hinged at the rear end.

It further consists in hinging the pedal to pivot-pins formed on the heel-clamp levers, whereby the construction of the boot-jack is supplied.

Figure l is a plan view of my improved boot-j ack minus the pedal, which was removed to show the construction -of the parts underneath.n Fig. 2 is a side elevationof my improved boot-jack. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the heel-clamp levers.

The same letters of reference indicate iden tical'parts in all the figures.

The levers A and A', the lcurved front ends of which constitute the jaws of the heel-clamp, are pivoted, respectively, on vertical studs a a on the base-plate B, the upper ends of said studs being connected by a yoke, ai, for strength. vers a stud, as, projects up from the base to limit the movement of the levers toward each other at this end. The legs of a forked spring, C, attached to the base-plate,cmbracethe rear ends of the heel-clamp levers, tending to hold Between the rear ends of these le:

the jaws thereof wide open. provided each with a dull-edged rib, a", adapted to press on the heel of the boot. The pedal D is pivoted at its front end, and near the jaws of the heel-clamp, upon horizontallyprojecting studs d c?, formed on the heel-clamp levers A A', the pivot-holes in the ears of the pedal being made large enough to allow for all required play of the pedal on said studs d d. At its under side the pedal is provided with a wedge, D', adapted to enter between the heel-clamp levers A A back of their pivots, to force the rear ends of said levers apart, and thus close the jaws thereof on the heel. In order to steady the pedal, it is provided with downwardly-projecting flanges di d3, which lap upwardly-projecting iianges b b on the base-plate.

It will be observed that in my improved boot-jack the pedal will operate most effectvely on the heel-clamp levers by standing on its rea-r end, and that anser has much greater freedom of action and comfort than in the use of the old style of lever-clamp boot-jacks, where he must apply his weight to the forward end of the pedal, comparatively closed to the jaws of the heel-clamp, which necessarily impedes his action to some extent.

The levers A A maybe constructed and the spring C applied, as shown in Fig. 5, so as to prevent the accidental detachment of the spring.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination, substantially as before set forth, of the heel-clamp levers, and the pedal pivoted at its front end and near the fljaws of said clamp.

2. The combination, substantially as before set forth, of the heel-clamp levers, and the jaws of said clamp.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS IRON CARPENTER. lVitnesses:

lHARLns NEWBURGH, WV. limites The jaws are pedal pivoted on studs on said levers near the 

